The Arriva Decker Influx

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RE: The Arriva Decker Influx

(09/10/2014 19:41)childwallblues Wrote:  Friends in the know put the change of policy down to a change in the Managing Director. The current MD was I understand previously at Yorkshire were double deck orders were regular.

The fact that the new MD is a decker fan may be one factor but he would still need to justify multi-million pound investments to his superiors. To give Arriva credit, its ticketing policy has undoubtedly been a big factor in increasing ridership over the past few years. Some people still complain that £2.20 for a single journey is excessive but you really can't argue with £15 for unlimited travel within Merseyside for a week.

Whatever the reasons for the change of policy, we are now in a much better place than the dark days when EL2000s and Plaxton Darts were the best we could hope for.

All we need now is for the MD at Stagecoach to bite the bullet. What chance that?